I5-3470 as an option to upgrade from I3-3240

[Ozrocksz]

Hey guys, my specs are the following:

GTX 750 ti OC
i3-3240 3.4 GHz
Asus H61M-E
Sentey sty60-ps 600w
8 gb RAM
Windows 10

And I wanted to do a little jump in the cpu department. I am able to get a i5-3470 extremely cheap but I was wondering if it would be a good upgrade considering my pretty budget pc. Mostly to get a better performance in CPU intensive games such as PUBG and World of Warcraft.

Will I notice a difference in FPS/performance given the rest of my spec?

Thanks and cheers!

 

[Hellfire13]

35%-40% jump with two extra cores is pretty neat... http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3470-vs-Intel-Core-i3-3240/2771vsm2133
You will definitely see fps and performance gain of atleast 20%-25% in all workloads.
Should be even better if you can get a i7 for that platform.

 

[King_V]

Maybe. The i5 is slightly slower in base speed (3.2), but its boost is 3.6. Some things might perform a little less, and some a little better.

I'm not sure there's much to be gained. Even if it ran at its boosted speed, that's only a 6.5% increase.

The doubling of L3 cache may help performance, though, as will having extra physical cores (i3 being 2 cores with hyperthreading, i5 being 4 cores, no hyperthreading).

I just couldn't say if it would help specifically in PUBG or WoW. I suspect the former needs a better video card.


I'd also wait for a few more opinions, though.

 

[Ozrocksz]

As far as I'm concerned, WoW specifically is a CPU intensive game. I mean, I can play the game in High-Ultra settings in 768p +55 FPS(Native resolution) but when there is too many people, it drops quite a bit to 30 FPS.

I will wait for more opinions, although, I appreciate you guys replying!

 

[jr9]

- CPU frequency comparison is not useful when comparing 2 different processors.

- PUBG is CPU intensive and WOW is almost CPU exclusive. If you are getting FPS drops in populated areas that means the CPU is struggling. This is seen in other games like The Witcher 3 and Destiny, especially with high draw distance and camera panning.

- GPU upgrade would be a poor choice. An Ivy bridge i3 (yours) will bottleneck any graphics card at or above GTX 1060 or Radeon equivalent. A 1050 Ti would be a good match for the new i5 CPU.

If you can get that i5 chip for cheap then this upgrade is a no-brainer. The i5 will be stronger than the i3 in every category. Extrapolations on how much better the i5 will be can be made, but the i5 will be significantly faster in gaming, normal use, and workstation tasks. It is also compatible with all your hardware. Obviously you could go further to i7 or a new platform all together, but that will have additional costs. I personally dislike i3 processors in gaming PCs altogether (except for DX9 title gaming machines), i5 should be considered the starting point.

Recommend a precautionary BIOS update before installing a newer chip.

 

[dontlistentome]

Your videocard will limit your max framerate and average framerate, but a better CPU will keep your minimum framerate from dropping so low. So you should see smoother gameplay since it won't fluctuate so much in CPU intensive situations when the game can use quad core power.

 

[Ozrocksz]

Thank you all for the answer! You have really helped me out, I'm definitely going for the i5-3470 this week, then.

Thanks again and cheers!

 

[xxector]

i just bought z97+4790k today
i used i5 3470 with 1060 6gb before
cpu usague on pubg 1080p very low settings
is 90-100%
buy 3770 or 4790,4770 with cheap h81